{"id":7,"date":"2007-10-28T15:01:08","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T23:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/discount-comic-books\/decide-what-type-of-comic-book-fan-you-are-part-2\/"},"modified":"2007-10-28T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2007-10-28T23:01:08","slug":"decide-what-type-of-comic-book-fan-you-are-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/discount-comic-books\/decide-what-type-of-comic-book-fan-you-are-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Decide what type of comic book fan you are Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a reader or speculator your goal is to purchase your new comic books for the lowest possible price.\u00a0 For the speculator this is even more important because a few dimes can make or break you over a purchase of a hundred or so books.\u00a0 The discount is nice for the reader, but a few cents isn&#8217;t going to make or break them.\u00a0 Follow the advice in the <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/discount-comic-books\/retail-is-for-suckers-or-how-to-get-discount-comic-books\/\" target=\"_blank\">Retail is For Suckers<\/a> post to get maximum discounts on new comic books.<\/p>\n<p>Comic Book Secrets is dedicated to the combination Collector\/Investor.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re like most of us there are a few things you can heed to make the most of the hobby.\u00a0 Ideally you&#8217;ll reach the point I call the <strong>Perpetual Collection <\/strong>where you are no longer spending out of pocket money on comics and your collection is actually self-sustaining.<\/p>\n<p>For the Collector\/Investor it&#8217;s all about the buying(accumulating) and selling cycle.\u00a0 I use the word accumulation because there isn&#8217;t always and exchange of money when you get your books.\u00a0 There are strategies you can use to accumulate books that don&#8217;t use cash.\u00a0 You need to concentrate on the following items for each piece of the cycle:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buying\/Accumulating Comic Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>News that will affect the current purchase price of a book you are interested in and the future sales price<\/li>\n<li>Where to find new and back issues for the lowest price (or best discount)<\/li>\n<li>How to purchase or obtain comic books for the lowest price (negotiating and other strategies)<\/li>\n<li>What books have the greatest chance of holding their value or increasing in price<\/li>\n<li>How to accurately grade and value comic books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selling Comic Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When to sell comic books you are ready to rotate out of your collection<\/li>\n<li>News about upcoming events that will give you a clue to time your selling<\/li>\n<li>Where to sell your comic books<\/li>\n<li>How to sell your comic books at various outlets and get the best possible price<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The entire point of the Comic Book Secrets blog and membership site is to provide information to help with both the buying\/accumulation and selling parts of the cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a reader or speculator your goal is to purchase your new comic books for the lowest possible price.\u00a0 For the speculator this is even more important because a few dimes can make or break you over a purchase of a hundred or so books.\u00a0 The discount is nice for the reader, but a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/discount-comic-books\/decide-what-type-of-comic-book-fan-you-are-part-2\/\">Read the rest of this 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